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Cultural references

• The "Diz-Nee Historical Park" (the new ownership of the Fort Springfield Civil War site) is a reference to later abandoned plans for Disney's America, a historical theme park at Manassas battlefield site in Virginia.
• The books at Springfield Elementary School, that were banned by other schools, are TekWar, Theory of Evolution, Sexus, 40 Years of Playboy, Steal This Book, Hop on Pop, and The Satanic Verses.
• The scene in the bank is parody of the bank run scene with Jimmy Stewart's George Bailey character from It's a Wonderful Life.
• Lisa builds a Perpetual Motion Machine.
• During the teachers' strike, one of the substitute teachers whom Bart drives out is Gabe Kaplan, who played high school teacher and title character Gabe Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter.

Trivia

• Before Marge arrived to substitute-teach Bart's class, the subs he that he had driven out were:
  • Chief Wiggum
  • Barney
  • Lionel Hutz
  • Gabe Kaplan (comedian and poker player)
  • Moe

Continuity

• Snake has the same prison ID as in "Lisa on Ice". This prison ID, 7F20, is the production code for "The War of the Simpsons" which is the first episode he appears in.
• Allison Taylor is in the school's orchestra playing saxophone.

Goofs

• When Otto tells the children to get on the bus, Jaffee can be seen getting on through the main bus door; however, a few shots later, Jaffee gets on again via the emergency door.
• When Bart is playing the three games of chess, one of the boards is reversed with a black square on the right.
• In the scene where Bart gets beaten up by the bullies, Dolph is speaking with Jimbo's voice while Kearney is speaking with Dolph's.
• During Skinner's speech to the students in the school cafeteria, two Allison Taylors are seen sitting on different sides of the canteen.